The realization that there was something deeper in the character of Curley’s wife struck me hard. I thought about it long and hard before I realized there had to be a good reason why she never was given a name. She portrays a person who is bitter, and a tramp. All initial views of her are torn when she talks to Crooks and Lennie while the others are out on the town. She tells them how everyone else is out on the town, complains that all she has to talk to are a nigger and a dum-dum, and then admits that she likes

Every one of these three characters shares the same emotion to a degree. They all want to change their lives, and rid themselves of their loneliness. Curley’s wife’s loneliness is hidden in her unhappy marriage, her mistaken belief that something better was supposed to happen. Crooks’ loneliness is evident from the beginning. Steinbeck’s description of his quarters, his use of dialog early on tells of the sadness. It became evident during George’s last moments with Lennie that his loneliness was consuming. I feel one issue Steinbeck tried to convey during this story was the human need for companionship, and that the lives we lead and choices we make affect our own outcomes. Steinbeck was very successful relaying this message. This story was a very dark tale of how our own failure can surround us in our loneliness.

Early on in the story the feeling of loneliness protrudes. During a stop George and Lennie make on their way to their new job, George tells Lennie how it is. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.” (13). At this point it is evident how George has made the choice of loneliness in his devotion to Lennie. He has succumbed to that life he describes to Lennie even though he tells him that they are not like that. He uses his hopes and dreams of one day owning that farm, raising rabbits, to give himself hope that his life will one day improve. The type of workers that they were rarely had anyone to look for

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